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  • 1.  AIX Backup

    Posted Fri May 25, 2012 11:54 AM

    Originally posted by: josephwilkes


    Hello all,

    I am new to AIX and am trying to setup/verify that the appropriate people in my department are getting emails from the server when the tape backup has been completed. How can I find the script that would have the backup setup in it? Thanks in advance for your help in this regard.
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  • 2.  Re: AIX Backup

    Posted Fri May 25, 2012 03:12 PM

    Originally posted by: unixgrl


    What application are you using to run backups? You need to figure out what program is doing backups, if any, what user id runs them and where its installed.

    Check root crontab and see if its running anything that looks like a backup. If you find something, check that script or the directory its installed in.

    Does someone else in your company know how your systems are backed up?
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  • 3.  Re: AIX Backup

    Posted Tue May 29, 2012 09:11 AM

    Originally posted by: josephwilkes


    We are using cron tab. when it type crontab -l it shows me that a script is running named back.script However, I am having trouble editing this file so that I can locate where in the script the email addresses are included. Thanks
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  • 4.  Re: AIX Backup

    Posted Tue May 29, 2012 10:15 AM

    Originally posted by: ColombianJoker


    I think you need to show us all
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  • 5.  Re: AIX Backup

    Posted Wed May 30, 2012 05:34 AM

    Originally posted by: Tibor_B


    You might need some basic undestanding of shell scripting.

    The script might use command "mail" to send emails, so search for this command. Addresses should be an argument to this command, or they might be "hidden" as variable. If it is the case you will have to lookup the definition of the variable somewhere above and check what addresses are included there.
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